Avalanche

Avalanche: Georges Bowl

ShannonSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
46 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
61 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

Party of four traveling up the George's skinner noted a crown at top of ridgeline, close to where the skinner had been set. The avalanche appeared to fail on facets in a rocky outcropping on a slope >30 degrees. The avalanche varied in depth along the ridgeline and ran about 150'-200' down the slope, but stopped as the slope angle lessened. After our party ascended to the ridge, it appeared there was a skin track set along the ridgeline over where the slide occurred, which could have been a possible trigger to the slide.